who wants to read a  CONCRETE   poem?	(who wants to  hold a   lead  balloon?)
maybe  we should   change that name.	Maybe  we  should  Change  it   soon.

Why call words stone? Words are like grass  . . . 

if a poem’s words           form a shape	that our eyes can see,
then why not call them              picture poems?	or graphic poetry?

   . . .  not heavy grey, but light and green . . . .

cement's good for            SIDEWALKS, BLOCKs,	and PAVEMENTS, good for BRICKS and ROADS,
but poems are made of words, not ROCKS,	and carry only thoughts, not loads.

. . . In worlds of blocks, bricks, slabs, words pass. . . . .

who wants to write  a CONCRETE poem?	who wants to grow an iron flower?
why should poems bear that STONE-GREY name--	--all DUST and WEIGHT and POWER?

. . . 'round! over! up! through! in between!! . . .